What next for Mudryk and Chelsea?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has tested positive for a banned substance.
He has been provisionally suspended.
Both club and player have issued statements to make categorically clear that Mudryk has never “knowingly used” any banned substances.
So where does this leave Chelsea and the £62m man?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Chelsea correspondent Simon Johnson and senior writer Adam Crafton to discuss the scenario facing the Ukrainian winger.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Simon Johnson and Adam Crafton
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 1:17.9 | Chelsea Winger, Mikhaila Modrick, has tested positive for a banned substance. |
| 1:22.4 | He has been provisionally suspended. |
| 1:24.4 | Both club and player have issued statements to make categorically clear that |
| 1:27.8 | Mudrick has never knowingly used any banned substances. So where does this leave Chelsea and the |
| 1:34.1 | 62 million pound man? Here with us today, we have our Chelsea correspondent, Simon Johnson, |
| 1:42.8 | as well as senior writer Adam Crafton. |
| 1:45.1 | Simon, let's start with you. |
| 1:46.5 | Mikhaila Mudrick has been provisionally suspended by the FA after he was found to have |
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